Example sentences of "ever came [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the matter ever came to court , the judge would estimate the amount that you would have earned , in the light of the evidence before him concerning the nature of your job . |
| 2 | ‘ If this ever came to court it would n't look good for an older woman to be seen enticing a young boy into marriage — ’ |
| 3 | used to say , that cases used to come before her court in in Rochdale , and it was an absolute disgrace that they ever came to court . |
| 4 | A handiwork lesson where children were mechanically engaged in a task ( making brooms ) which all had already mastered before they ever came to school . |
| 5 | That promise would not be implemented if the Opposition ever came to power . |
| 6 | On the other hand , I suspected that those concerned with the practical supply of publicly available information to business executives ( whom , after all , the work carried out here was originally intended to help ) would probably not take the trouble to read such a review , if it ever came to fruition , because it would not be practical enough ! |
| 7 | When this was put to the Environment Trust erm they were er , unaware before that stage that there were erm may be proposals of developing that land and expressed an interest in being involved if that ever came to fruition . |
| 8 | BEFORE THE END of his mammoth production Birds of Europe and his Monograph of Toucans ever came into view , Gould began planning his next major project . |